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Be it known that I, ELI HUNT, of Shelburn, in the county of Sullivan,and State of Indiana, have invented u new and improved Clothes-WashingMachine; and I do hereby decla-rc that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to make and use the-same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the l'etters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to a new and improved clothes-washing machine, ofthat class which is provided with u. rotary clothes-receptacle. Theinvention consists in placing a rotary clothes-receptacle having aperiphery n composed of slats and provided 'internally with lifters, theelothesreceptacle being placed within a suitable suds-box, aud allarranged in such a manner that the clothes, as the receptacle isrotated, will'be passed through the suds, raised or lifted outtherefrom, and allowed to drop from the top of the receptacle into thesuds, to be again passed throughit, which operation eectuallycleansesthe clothes. In the accompanying'sheet of drawings-a' Figure l is atransverse vertical section of my invention, taken in the line :v' x,fig. 2.

Figure 2, a front elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents a ends-box, which is of cylindrical form, and supported ata suitable' height by any proper framing, B. This suds-box is providedwith a hinged section, a, which serves as a lid or cover, and within thcBuds-box there is placed a' cylindrical rotating clothes-receptacle, C,the shaft b of which has its bearings in the ends ofthe ends-box. Theclothes-receptacle is composed of two circular heads, c c, and aperiphery ofrounds or slats, d, which admit of the'suds entering it. Itis also provided with a hinged section, e, to serve as a door to admitof clothes b eing placed in and taken from it. (See iig.- 1.) Within theclothes-receptacle, to the inner sides of the rounds or slats, there areattached projections, f, which may be termed lifters, as they catchunder the clothes and raise them out of the suds as the receptacle Crotates, the clothes dropping from them as they reach a positiondirectly over the shaft of the receptacle. Any number of these liftersmaybe used, but three, placed on three rounds which are equidistant fromeach other, will probably be suicient.

The suds-box is supplied with a requisite quantity of suds, the clothesto` be washed or cleansed placed 'within the receptacle C, and thelatter rotated by means of a crank, y, on one end rof the shaft b. 'lheclothes lby the rotation of C are passed through the suds, raised upwardand out from it by the liftersf, and drop therefrom into the suds as thelifters reach a point directly over shaft b. 'Ihe clothes, inconsequence of being subjected to this operation, are effectuallycleansed, and without being injured in the least.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- An im roved clothes-Washin machine, consistin of theo en c lindrical clothes-rech tacle C, ro'vided. P g g P y P P Withtholifters f and rods d, fitted within the cylindrical suds-bcx A, thehinged doors in the hinged top of the suds-box, and cylinder, allconstructed, arranged, and combined to operate as described andspecified.

'. Ihe above specification of my invention signed by me, this 9th day ofSeptember, 1867.

ELI HUNT.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM R. SrnNNnBLooD, Z. J. HUNT.

